Fishing in Llangollen on the beautiful Welsh Dee

Llangollen-Maelor Angling Association control approximately 10 miles of excellent grayling, trout and salmon fishing in Llangollen on the Welsh Dee.

To help club members and visiting anglers, I have produced guides for fishing 19 pools. Each pool guide describes how best to fly fish for grayling, trout, sea trout and salmon.

Below is a summary of each pool with a link to the complete guide; just a click away.

Upper Beat - fishing in Llangollen

Dereck's Pool

The first pool on the Upper Beat is Dereck's. It is a short tree-lined pool that the river has scoured out of the bedrock. The pool has a very uneven topography consisting of gullies strewn with boulders, which offer good lies for grayling, trout and salmon.

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The Glide Pool

The Glide Pool is a short section of water running over a rock platform which, over millennia, has eroded channels into it. These channels provide several good low-water lies for grayling, trout and salmon.

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Dee Farm

Dee Farm is the longest pool on the upper beat that is fishable from the bank. It's a good pool for fly fishing that holds grayling, brown trout and, when in season, sea trout and salmon. Also, it's a great place to fish when the river is in spate.

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Fridge Pool

The Fridge Pool is a small pocket of water directly above Dee Farm. It's a good pool for fly fishing for trout and grayling when the Welsh Dee is close to its summer level. Also, it occasionally produces sea trout and salmon after a flood when the river level dropping.

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Top Pool

The Top Pool is at the end of Upper Beat, reached after a challenging walk through the wood above the Fridge Pool. However, it is worth the effort because the pool holds plenty of grayling and brown trout. It's also a good sea trout and salmon pool.

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Middle Beat - fishing in Llangollen

Horseshoe Falls Pool

This long pool receives a lot of fishing pressure because it's close to the main parking and thus the fishing can be hard work. However, over the years I have caught some cracking grayling, trout....

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Duncans Pool

Duncan's Pool on the Welsh Dee is a lovely pool for the fly angler, which from the left bank can be fished from head to tail even in high water. Depending on the time of year and conditions it is possible to catch salmon, trout...

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Hollybush Pool

This is a long pool that is located between above Duncan’s Pool. I fish the full length of this pool from left bank for grayling and trout when the river is at its summer level. In higher water....

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Pipe Pool

The Pipe Pool is a main pool on the middle beat of the Welsh Dee. It can be fished relatively easily from both banks of the river for salmon, sea trout, trout and grayling....

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The Channels

This pool is effectively a narrow, long, and deep gully that has been cut out of the bedrock over thousands of years. In low water it affords a good resting place for salmon and sea trout but it is difficult to fish with the fly because....

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Sycamore Run

Sycamore Run is located directly below the Channels. I have caught many grayling & brown trout from this run, which is best fished with either: traditional dry-fly, Klink & Dink or Czech nymphing techniques....

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Bishops Run

Bishops Run is streamy section of water directly below Horseshoe Falls. It fishes best for trout and grayling in low water, especially during the summer when the water temperature rises and fish need oxygenated water.....

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Sea Trout Pool

This is one of my favourite pools on the Welsh, which I find fishes best in low water. It is a classic sea trout pool with a gravel bottom, shallower right bank and a deep undercut left bank that offers shelter to resting fish....

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Lower Beat - fishing in Llangollen

Jenny Jones

I prefer to fish Jenny Jones from the left bank either early morning or evening to avoid the canonists. Over the years I have caught plenty of trout, grayling and a few sea trout from this pool....

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Tip Pool

This is a good pool to fish when the river is at its summer level because it's a fast streamy piece of water, littered boulders that provide many fish holding pockets. I find it best to fish this run when....

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Lingo Pool

This pool holds some good grayling and trout but fly fishing this pool is difficult unless the river is at its summer level However, it’s a great place to fish in the summer because the river is in the shade.

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Ddol Issa Beat - fishing in Llangollen

Cottage Pool

The Cottage Pool is a lovely pool for fly fishing and can be fished from the bank. The pool holds a good head of trout and grayling. In addition, salmon and sea trout can be caught there...

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Mill Run

Mill Run is my favourite pool on the Ddol-isaf beat, which I find fishes well for grayling and trout. I have caught a few sea trout in this pool but no salmon to-date; my son lost a salmon in.....

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Bathers Beat - fishing in Llangollen

Long Meadow Pool

Located directly down river of the Llyn-y-Boat Pool, the fast run into the Long Meadow Pool is one of my favourite fishing places for trout and grayling on the Bathers Beat of the Welsh Dee. Especially, during the summer months when the river is low because fish hold in the fast-oxygenated water behind submerged boulders and other obstacles....

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[Disclaimer – like most outdoor sports, fly fishing is not without its hazards. Therefore, you MUST do your own RISK ASSESSMENT before starting to fish; especially if you decide to wade and/or fish at night. In addition, you must follow the Llangollen-Maelor fishing club rules when fishing in Llangollen.]